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Dive deeper into the world of metals and gain practical skills you can use in your career with this CPD course in metallurgy. We'll provide a solid foundation in understanding the critical relationships between a metal's structure, its properties, and the processing methods used to achieve those properties for the most important industrial metals.

This course goes beyond theory: you'll gain hands-on experience with the terminology and test methods used to assess key metal properties, ensuring you not only understand the concepts but can also apply them in real-world settings.

The course is designed into four main areas.

• Introduction to Metallurgy
  • Overview of metallurgy and its importance in engineering
  • The basic properties and alloys in engineering requirements. This aspect can be tailored to the attendees’ industries, where possible.
• Metallic Forming Processes
  • Introduction to metallic bulk forming processes: Casting, Forging, Rolling, Extrusion, and Drawing
  • Advantages and limitations of different forming techniques
  • Hot Vs Cold Forming and the resultant properties / microstructure.
• Property manipulation and enhancement
  • Phase diagrams: understanding the importance of phase diagrams in material selection and processing
  • Alloying: introduction to alloys and solid solutions
• Mechanical Properties of Metals [Hands-on practical]
  • Tensile Testing: Stress-Strain Curve, Yield Strength, Ultimate Strength, Ductility
  • Hardness Testing: Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers Hardness Tests
  • Microscopy and interpretation
  • Factors affecting mechanical properties: Microstructure, Alloying Elements, Heat Treatment.

How you'll be taught and assessed

This course will be delivered using a mixture of teaching methods from lectures, discussions, and practical sessions. All course materials will be provided through our Virtual Learning Environment.

This course has no formal assessments, but checkpoint quizzes are provided electronically as formative assessment for each topic.

Entry requirements

This course is intended for anyone requiring an overall understanding of the practicalities of metallic materials and processing features and has no formal entry requirements. It is especially relevant to buyers and suppliers of metal / heat treatment services, design engineers and metallic forensic engineers. It will also be a useful introduction to the subject for graduate engineers.

Start Date

Next session to be confirmed. Please email marketing@napier.ac.uk to register interest

Cost

£500 per person